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Eleonora Patacchini

Eleonora Patacchini is the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of Economics at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the empirical analysis of behavioral models of strategic interaction in decision-making. She has published extensively in leading academic journals in economics and political science. A significant strand of her work examines how personal connections among members of the U.S. Congress shape policymaking. Her research has been featured in print and electronic media, including The Economist, The New York Times, Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour, and The Boston Globe, among others.
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Large Donors’ Networks Matter More Than Their Dollar Contributions

Marco Battaglini
In new research, Marco Battaglini, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza, Mengwei Lin and Eleonora Patacchini study how the deaths of large donors change candidates’ electoral results and congressional activity in a new measure of donors’ influence in American politics.

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